Teardrop darter
(Etheostoma barbouri)

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Classification

Species: Etheostoma barbouri
Genus: Etheostoma - Darters
Family: Percidae - Perches
Order: Perciformes - Perches
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Teardrop darter
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Temperate
Native: North America
Distribution: Mississippi

North America: found only in the middle and upper Green River drainage in Kentucky and Tennessee, USA.

Max length: 6 cm TL 

Inhabit rocky pools of headwaters, creeks and small rivers. Adults feed on midge and blackfly larvae, copepods and cladocerans, and immature mayflies and caddisflies.

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